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That also makes the assumption that HTC won't release 2.2.1 before Samsung does. IMO, Samsung is only interested in pushing new phones and tabs, and not maintenance on their existing product lines. Despite the laziness I call HTC on with their constant recycling aging parts in their phones, they keep pushing out software updates fairly regularly. There's no reason that Samsung couldn't push a radio one month, then froyo the next, then 2.2.1. Show us some love Samsung!
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Wel Samsung already released the Froyo update to some places in the world and it has 2.2.1 which would mean they beat HTC already, no? lol...that said the fact that HTC recycles hardware parts makes it easier to push updates..why? because when you reuse same hardware part you don't need to do major changes to the software one you got it right..
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What's Samsung's excuse going to be when they wait 6 or 7 months to push out an update, and it's still crap, the recycled radio with broken GPS that went out to every single carrier or the update that broke the upload speeds, the list goes on--where was testing then? How do you not see where their interests lie? It clear to me however the amounts of different Galaxy S devices floating around right now though and new ones being released regularly...
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Every company's interest is to sell more..but regardless those of us that got the Epic got the most stable and smooth android device to date..while they made a few hiccups they are working ti fix them...so far epic got 2 updates since first released (one on release day)..so its not like they aren't working on it..
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I'm not saying that the phone is complete crap, but we really need to stop making excuses as to why Samsung hasn't released an update. It really doesn't matter, history hasn't changed very much from all the other failed promises on their other product lines. Most phones are only supported from the carrier about a year before there replaced by whatever comes out next. You should be able to enjoy the device you buy the majority of the time your own it, not the last 5 months before it's replaced with the latest fad and no longer supported. It's December 2010, and still no flash--what does Steve Jobs own some stock in Samsung or something?!
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Samsung is actually one of Apple's biggest providers...in 2010Q1 Apple bought 800 million $ worth of parts from samsung >.>..*whistle*
That said, playing with 2.2.1 Nov 17th beta we can see a lot of improvements in GPS and in general to the device..but its a little bit laggy here and there..aka its just not ready to be released...even without 2.2 the Epic is still one of the best devices on the market..simple as that...